Art of operating on can-bodies.



J. M. YOUNG.

ART OF OPERATING ON CAN BODIES.

APPLICATION FlLED MAY 9. 1914.

Patented May 8, 191?.

WITNESSES:

, cated for the earning of the goods,

a ipl'ication filed. May s, 1914.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern Be. it known that 1, JOHN M. Youxo, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Francisco and State 0+ Calii'o a, have invented certain new and useful provements in. the Art of Operating on Can-Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in the art of preparing can bodies tor transportation by boats or steam vessels to distant points Where tl'e establishment is lot'or instance, the Ala fish canneries or tne location of other fish canning establishments distance from the can ma ring plant.

The practice as at present carried out in the shipment of can bodies for canning purposes. is for the can bodies to be shipped in cylindrical form with one end crimped, seamed or applied thereto, which can bodies after being received and filled with the goods to be canned, have the top end crimped, seamed, or applied thereto. in the case ofthe sanitary cans, which are being employed in connection With the salmon or fish canning industry, the can bodies are formed usually with locked side seam joint, although the character "bf the side seam joint is immaterial.

A standard size salmon can is three inches in diameter, and forty-eight cylindrical bot tomed can bodies are packed in a single case or box. Inasmuch as the present can bodies as shipped are cylinders of a given length, with one end applied thereto, it is obvious that considerable space is lost or consumed in the packing thereof, so that in a cargo of can bodies only a given number of cases or boxes may be transported. If the numher of can bodies per case or box canbe in creased, it is apparent that in a given space a greater number of can bodies may be stored for transportation.

lhe invention may be to reside in increasing the number of can bodies per case, Without an enlargement or" the case or box in Which they are'paclred for shipment, and the object thereof to enable an increased number of can bodies to be transported in 54 131 EEAQTCIQCG, 3. 111130? T i. GQFQKPAIQ'EZ', Q1" SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A OGEIORATION 0E NEVJ JEESEY.

Specification of Letters Latcnt.

Serial No. 83?,d28.

given number of cases or boxes, than heretofore possible.

To comprehend the invention reference should be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein Figure l is a perspective View of a can body as finished and prior to being prepared for transportation.

2 is a similar View of the said can body after being compressed for shipment.

,e r 1g. 0 is a view or the can oody arter being reformed and the ends flanged for receiving the can ends, in said View each end being illustrated as flanged or outwardly flared.

4.- is an end view illustrating the approximate space occupied by a dozen can bodies as prepared for shipment in accordance with the present invention.

in carrying blank is iornied in a cylindrical can body 1, the side edge seam 2 of which is preferably closed by a lock-joint. The cylindrical can body as thus formed is then compressed by any suitable machinery into a substantially flattened body 3 but Without forming creases or folds in the Walls of the body, in which condition the can body is ready for shipment.

packed within a box or crate into which only forty-eight cylindrical can bodies are capable of being packed. By thus placing the cylindrical can bodies into' a flattened condition, each box packed for shipment is made to hold four hundred can bodies, or

out the invention a can body lVhen so compressed, approXi-' mately four hundred can bodies may be slightly over eight times the number of cylindrical bodies at present packed'in the same size box.

(in the a'rival of the shipment of compressed can bodies at the factory of the canning establishment, the said bodies, as desired for use, are by means of a suitable tool restored to approximately a cylindrical condition, one end thereof being subjected to 'the usual fianging machinery to form an outwardly flared end 4: and, as usual in such cases, a bottom end is seamed thereon. The can body after having one end secured thereto, is then in condition to be filled With the article to be canned, and after being filled the upper end of the can body is sub ected to thaction of the flanging machinery to form the outwardly flared upper end 5, and

the top end then sainled thereon to close, the filled can body.

It will be understood that each canning establislnnent is equipped with the Well known flanging and seaming machinery, used for Haring the ends of the can bodies and crimping the can ends thereon.

lly the use of the described invention the canning establislnnent is enabled to lay in a larger supply of can bodies by a giy'en shipment than heretofore, which in their flattened or compressed condition occupy but slight storage room, as against the area of floor space required for the storage,of an equal number of cylindrical can bodies.

The invention will readily appeal to those required to purchase large quantities of can bodies for shipment and use in the packing o goods, more especially those engaged in the salmon packing industry, inasmuch as it enables a large quantity of can bodies to be transported at one time, and the same stored within a limited space.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 7 An improvement in the art of making cans and preparing the same for subsequent use in the art of canning, which consists in forming a metallic blank into a substantially cylindrical body and uniting the side edges of said blank, then for storage purposes deforming said body into a condition substantially flattened from end to end of the body along lines parallel with its axis without injury or cracking of the metal, then reforming the deformed can body into substantially its original form and then fianging the reformed body for maintaining the body in its reformed condition and truing the same for the reception of a can end or ends.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN YOUNG.

Witnesses:

HARRYT TOTTEN, D. P. RICHARDS. 

